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Expansion Venture Capital

Founders Joseph Melohn Ryan Melohn

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Total investments 120
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$5M
Portfolio companies 86
Rounds per year 8.57
Lead investments 4
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.28
Exits 21
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Mobile
  • Internet
  • Apps
  • Transportation
Summary

In 2011 was created Expansion Venture Capital, which is appeared as VC. The main office of represented VC is situated in the New York. The company was established in North America in United States.

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are SaaS, Health Care. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Lemonade, Postmates, The RealReal. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 7-8 participants. Despite the Expansion Venture Capital, startups are often financed by Techstars, Fontinalis Partners, Camber Creek. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Lerer Hippeau, Founder Collective, Fontinalis Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Canaan Partners, Spark Capital, Lerer Hippeau.

The typical startup value when the investment from Expansion Venture Capital is 50-100 millions dollars. The top activity for fund was in 2013. Deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The real fund results show that this VC is 16 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other companies. Comparing to the other companies, this Expansion Venture Capital performs on 19 percentage points less the average number of lead investments.

The fund was created by Joseph Melohn, Ryan Melohn. We also calculated 2 valuable employees in our database.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Coverdash

Insurance
$13M28 Feb 2024 New York, New York, United States

Sock Finance

Finance
Financial Services
Trading Platform
$2M07 Nov 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Layer

Web Development
$3M16 Oct 2023 Columbus, Ohio, United States

tbd health

Fitness
Health Care
Wellness
$4M31 Jan 2023 New York, New York, United States

Coverdash

Insurance
$2M23 Jan 2023 New York, New York, United States

Treehouse

Clean Energy
Home Improvement
Internet
Real Estate
Software
01 Jan 2022 Detroit, Michigan, United States

ChargeLab

Electric Vehicle
Energy
Energy Management
Hardware
Internet of Things
Payments
Software
$4M23 Feb 2021 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Gallant Pet

Biotechnology
Pet
Therapeutics
$11M05 Aug 2019 San Diego, California, United States

Moved

Customer Service
Marketplace
Service Industry
Software
01 Apr 2019 New York, New York, United States
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Yieldstreet Raises $100M in Series C Funding

– Yieldstreet, a NYC-based digital investing platform, raised $100m in Series C funding round.
– The round was led by Tarsadia Investments, joined by Kingfisher Investment, Top Tier Capital Partners and Gaingels, as well as existing investors Edison Partners, Soros Fund Management, Greenspring Associates, Raine Ventures, Greycroft and Expansion Venture Capital.
– The new investment will be used to expand its user base, develop new investment products, explore international expansion, and pursue strategic acquisitions.

Backer raises $8.4M to make saving for education social

– CollegeBacker has rebranded to Backer and raised $8.4m in venture capital.
– Backer is a social savings platform that brings digital investment advice to 529 plans.
– Backer’s latest round of funding was led by Crosslink Capital with participation from Rally Ventures, Correlation Ventures, and Expansion Ventures. Jim Feuille, early investor and board member at Chime, Pandora, and Personal Capital, has joined the Backer board. Other investors include SoFi co-founder Dan Macklin, Patreon co-founder Sam Yam, veteran fintech investor Tom Blaisdell, along with Reach Capital, Ulu Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, and several universities (Princeton, Dartmouth, and USC).

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Total investments 120
Average round size 5M
Rounds per year 8.57
Peak activity year 2013
Lead investments 4
Follow on index 0.28
Exits 21
Group Appearance index 0.93

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Coverdash

Insurance
$13M28 Feb 2024 New York, New York, United States

Sock Finance

Finance
Financial Services
Trading Platform
$2M07 Nov 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Layer

Web Development
$3M16 Oct 2023 Columbus, Ohio, United States

tbd health

Fitness
Health Care
Wellness
$4M31 Jan 2023 New York, New York, United States

Coverdash

Insurance
$2M23 Jan 2023 New York, New York, United States

Treehouse

Clean Energy
Home Improvement
Internet
Real Estate
Software
01 Jan 2022 Detroit, Michigan, United States

ChargeLab

Electric Vehicle
Energy
Energy Management
Hardware
Internet of Things
Payments
Software
$4M23 Feb 2021 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Gallant Pet

Biotechnology
Pet
Therapeutics
$11M05 Aug 2019 San Diego, California, United States

Moved

Customer Service
Marketplace
Service Industry
Software
01 Apr 2019 New York, New York, United States
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